Photography Upon Tyne

As a follow-up to Tuesday’s talk on Macro/close-up photography here are three shots taken with three lens set-ups on a Nikon D300 for comparison of results (the side of each square on the target is 2.5mm):

Here’s the same target shot on the “macro” setting with a Fuji FinePix F40fd

However, if that camera really could produce a 1:1 life-size macro shot we’d expect it to look like:

Here are Wyn’s notes for her lecture on Tuesday. Also available to download as a PDF

Ryton Camera Club 6th September

Photoshop Notes    Wyn Barnes

SHORT CUTS ETC

Control Z = Undo

Control J = Duplicate Layer

Zoom Tool   Double click on it and you view the image at 100%

Crop tool facility     uses the toggle switch top of the tool bar between the size boxes to change between the 2 orientation sizes.

Tab key hides the palettes so you can view the full screen.

RUN AN ACTION

If you make an error in the set up of the action drag it to the bin within the action palette and start again.

Have an image on the screen to work with to apply the action to.

Example   Say changing the size for PDI competitions.

Window/actions/

Click on the icon at the bottom of the action box that says create new action (2nd right)

Give it a name and you can assign an F key to it if you wish.

Then amend the image.

Image/image size/res changed to 72dpi/ok

Image/image size/1024 pixels on longest side

File/ Save/      then   close the action click on left hand button to stop action

RUN THE ACTION

Select your file of images perhaps best to have a test file of say 10 images to play with to test this out first as once you run the action it is a devil to un do any errors. !!!!

File/automate/batch

Action palette     look for your created action i.e. 72 dpi

Source /choose box = find your folder (test folder)

Destination/choose box this should be the same folder, but you can export the images to a new folder if you wish.

Ok

ADD A STROKE TO AN IMAGE

Open image and make a duplicate copy Cntl J

Edit/stroke/

Then select your colour and size etc.

CREATE NEW CANVAS/PAGE

File/New/

Give it a title a and select the document size from the menus

Keep res at 300dpi and the background content as white

Ok

DRAG AN IMAGE ONTO THE NEW VCANVAS and then resize

Click on move tool and drag image across onto new canvas

It will snap across then edit/transform/scale

Grab the corner pull the edge out WHILE you have the shift key depressed, otherwise the image will not scale up/down in proportion.

Press return key to action the change.

TO ADD MORE IMAGES TO THE CANVAS

to make a montage using the guides to position the images in correct place.

View/show/smart guides

Open 2 images and drag these onto the new canvas you created above

Then align them look for the pink guide lines

In the top tool box you have options to align in various ways. Place the mouse to hover over the symbol and it shows what it does.

SHARPEN + SOFTEN and add Vignette to an Image

Retouch image first, i.e. remove blemishes/ things with clone tool

Image/mode/lab colour

Click on the channels palette (you might have to open this)

Click on lightness, this turns image to b+w

then add   Filter/sharpen/USM (unsharp mark) with 100/2/3

Image/mode/rgb

Dup layer (cntrl J)/Filter/blur/Gaussian Blur 15=25% say use 20%and reduce opacity slider to 20%

Layers/Flatten layers

Dup Layer (J)

Blending modes selection (this is in the layers palette at the top, look for the word Normal, click on this and a drop down menu appears)   pick  multiply from menu (Adding multiply is a quick way to darken images) reduce opacity if wanted

Marquee tool

to make a selection but add feather before making selection to give a soft edge Go to feather box on tool bar and change to 155px

Make selection then press DELETE button look at layers palette your dup layer shows the deletion which is a lighter area than the none selected area.

Make another dup layer (J) this adds the vignette

Layer/flatten Layer

SAVE